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on 2009-03-07 by lylejp

This site will provide lots of resources for all kinds of different learning styles.

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Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

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100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner

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100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner

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100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner

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100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner

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 For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive. Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

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For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive. Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

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For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive. Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

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For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive. Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

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Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive. Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

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Visual Learners

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Visual Learners

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Visual learners learn through seeing and retain more information when it’s presented in the form of pictures, diagrams, visual presentations, textbooks, handouts and videos. Here are some Web resources that cater to those needs.

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Visual learners learn through seeing and retain more information when it’s presented in the form of pictures, diagrams, visual presentations, textbooks, handouts and videos

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Visual learners learn through seeing and retain more information when it’s presented in the form of pictures, diagrams, visual presentations, textbooks, handouts and videos.

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Mind Mapping

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Mind Mapping

Get your ideas charted out in a visual format with these easy-to-use online brainstorming and organizational tools.

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Software - Inspiration

Bubbl.us: This flash-based mind mapping tools allows you to chart out your thoughts in a colorful format, share them with friends or embed them in blogs, websites and emails.

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WiseMapping: You can access your mind maps from anywhere with this online tool. You can lay out words, pictures, ideas and more easily with WiseMapping.

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Mindomo: Premium versions of this mind mapping tool come at a cost, but you can get access to the basic version for free. It allows you to add links, pictures and text to mind maps and share them over the net.

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MindMeister: Collaborate with your classmates on mind maps with this great online tool. The basic version is free and comes complete with the ability to create, share, import and export maps.

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Charting and Diagrams

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Charting and Diagrams

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Charting and Diagrams

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Charting and Diagrams

Love to put information into charts and diagrams? These tools can help you do that.

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FlowChart: Create great flow charts for your classes using this online tool, which comes complete with drawing tools and objects as well as collaborative tools.

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Graphviz: If you’ve got a lot of information about the structure of a website or anything else for that matter, this tool can help you to easy map it out into a graph or network.

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Graphviz: If you’ve got a lot of information about the structure of a website or anything

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Videos and Photos

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Google Video: Google Video is chock full of educational videos that can help explain everything from how to use Second Life to learn to explanations of psychological illnesses.

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This works like Google Images - only just searches for Videos

Google Video: Google Video is chock full of educational videos that can help explain everything from how to use Second Life to learn to explanations of psychological illnesses.

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Videos and Photos

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Videos and Photos

Find everything you’ll need to learn through videos and pictures with these tools.

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Scooch: Scooch is a Web-based slide show program that will allow you to post photos and make slide shows that you can share with others over the Web.

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Wonder if we can use this to add a slide show to the digital library pages? Need to try it out!

Teachertube: Teachertube is a great place to find instructional videos on just about everything. You can learn about the formation of mountains, world history and economics on this useful educational site.

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Visuwords: Text dictionaries don’t always give visual learners the explanations they need. This dictionary is graphically based, making it easy to see what concepts or ideas are represented.

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Auditory Learners

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Podcasts

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Auditory learners do best in classes where listening is a main concern. These learners prefer verbal lectures and discussions.

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Auditory Learners

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Auditory Learners

Auditory learners do best in classes where listening is a main concern. These learners prefer verbal lectures and discussions. Auditory learners can get a leg up on their learning with these Web tools.

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Podcasts

Get all kind of supplementary education materials through these great podcast tools.

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Moodle: Post and share podcasts with an interactive online community using Moodle. You can not only post your own podcasts but get access to those of others that could provide educational value to you.

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Educational Podcast Network: Narrow your search for podcasts down to those dedicated to education

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Presentation Tools

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Put your notes or classroom information into an audio format with these handy apps.

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Presentation Tools

Put your notes or classroom information into an audio format with these handy apps.

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Audio Tools

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PhotoStory 3: Make your slides for class a little more interesting with this free program from Microsoft. You can add special effects or your own voice narration.

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Audio Tools

Listen and edit your sounds and music with these tools.

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Text Readers

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Adobe Acrobat Reader: You may not know this, but Adobe Reader has a feature that will allow the contents of the document to be read out loud.

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Audacity: One of the most popular free audio editors out there, audacity is multi-featured and allows users to record and edit in all kinds of formats.

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Packed with features! Unbelievable that it's free.

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Although more like attending a one-actor performance than actually picking up and reading a book, I've been exposed to more books via Audible over the past few years than any other time in my life (including school!).

Audible: This subscription site allows visitors to download from thousands of audio books, both best sellers and classics making it easy to find what you need for class.

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LAME: This open source tool makes it easy to encode and manipulate MP3s.

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Text Readers

Understand material better when it’s read out loud? These Web tools can do that for you.

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Audio Books

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  • Adobe Acrobat Reader: You may not know this, but Adobe Reader has a feature that will allow the contents of the document to be read out loud. It can be a great way for the more auditorially inclined to get through readings.

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    LibriVox: This site provides free audiobooks for books in the public domain and has numerous titles.

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    Project Gutenburg: Books that are no longer under copyright can be found here and there is a special section for audio books, both read by computers and by humans.

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    Audio Books

    Those who have trouble retaining information from printed words can listen to their assigned reading instead with help from these sites.

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    Kinesthetic Learners

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    Note Taking Tools

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    Kinesthetic learners do best when they interact and touch things. They prefer a hands-on approach to learning and enjoy interacting with classroom materials and those around them.

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  • Google Docs: With this program from Google you can take notes online, save them, and even send them to your peers for collaboration.

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    Read Please: Cut and paste text or type it directly into the input form on this site and the program will read it to you. It can be a very useful tool for making sure essays and projects are written correctly.

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    Kinesthetic Learners

    Kinesthetic learners do best when they interact and touch things. They prefer a hands-on approach to learning and enjoy interacting with classroom materials and those around them. These tools can help keep these inquisitive learners busy.

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  • even send them to your peers for collaboration.
  • Notely: Keep your class notes, to-do lists and more organized and easy to access with this site.

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    Bookmarking

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    del.icio.us: This online tool makes it easy to mark sites you find interesting to use for later research or to send to friends and project partners.

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    Clipmarks: Don’t waste time searching through webpages you’ve already read to find the content you needed. Instead, clip it out this this tool. You can clip and email bits to yourself as you go making online research more active.

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    Bookmarking

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    Bookmarking

    Mark references for later while you’re researching with these tools.

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    I was thinking the same thing!

    Interaction

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  • del.icio.us: This online tool makes it easy to mark sites you find interesting to use for later research or to send to friends and project partners.

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    Collaboration

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    Meebo: This website allows students to IM from anywhere, even computers without the software installations for major programs like AIM, Yahoo!, MSN and more.

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    Interaction

    Get involved with the material with these online applications.

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    These chatting and networking tools can make it easy to interact with classmates and friends.

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    Facebook: One of the most popular social network sites for students, Facebook provides a place where classmates can come together to chat about assignments, keep up with their lives and post links to sites, videos and photos.

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    Backpack: Backpack allows students to organize their notes, to-do lists and calendars while sharing information and working with classmates.

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    Collaboration

    These chatting and networking tools can make it easy to interact with classmates and friends.

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    JotSpot: Working in a group just became easier with this online wiki tool that allows students to share notes, project ideas and information in an easily accessible format.

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  • JotSpot: Working in a group just became easier with this online wiki tool that allows students to share notes, project ideas and information in an easily accessible format.

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